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Intermediate Question Response--Your Day

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
While the writing prompt in this activity is geared toward an adult because it mentions a morning run and coffee afterwards, the idea is one that can be altered for use with younger students. This short essay activity could be used with...
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Excluded Values

For Students 9th - 11th
In this simplification of radicals activity, students solve 26 problems to find the values of the variable that should be excluded from answers because they will make the denominator equal zero.
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Is There a Stone in My Soup?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students understand that people treat people differently sometimes because they are different.In this mutual respect and lesson, students discuss the need for positive change and how they can be a part of that. Students survey others,...
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1765 to the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research philanthropists of the American Revolution. In this philanthropy lesson, students watch the video Johnny Tremain and analyze the characters and determine their motives. Students read the Declaration of Independence...
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Number Cube Activity

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I learning exercise, 9th graders roll a die to determine the value that will be substituted in order to determine the value of an algebraic expression. The one page learning exercise contains eight problems.  Answers...
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Collect Wildlife Tracks Using Track Preservation Methods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Review the steps for preserving wildlife tracks and then take ecologists outdoors to create plaster casts. This lesson is best used at an environmental or outdoor school situation since wildlife footprints aren't easily located within a...
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It's All in the Fluency

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Take a trip to the library! Elementary schoolers visit the library and choose books to read independently. They use the cover-up method of deciphering unknown words and use timed-readings to increase fluency. They discuss characters,...
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That Sneaky E!!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Introduce your class to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph. Because the...
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Bird Crossword-- No Clues, Difficult

For Students 6th - 7th
In this bird crossword, students place the species names of 20 birds into a crossword puzzle. This is made more difficult because there are no clues.
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Rock Cycle Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A few of the components of this activity are not possible to carry out because the rock cycle diagram and challenge handouts are not included. Hopefully, you already have your own rock cycle diagram or worksheet to use as a concept...
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Baseball Lesson: Barter vs. Money

For Teachers 4th
4th graders view this PowerPoint to recognize the difference between the monetary and barter systems. The author of this resource defines or likens Barter to a swap and misleadingly states that money was invented because bartering took...
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The Progressive Movement

For Teachers 9th - 11th
A few interesting images help to establish the goals and philosophies of progressivism, but because the slideshow is so short, it would almost be a better handout than a presentation. A teacher could still use these images in a lecture...
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Hurricanes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Upper elementary meteorologists take a glance at what a hurricane is and how it is formed. Because this does not get into the differences in air pressure that drive the associated winds, it may not be useful for older learners. The...
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Determining the Number of Wavelengths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After displaying three diagrams showing 1, 1 1/2, and 2 wavelengths, the slide show presents more diagrams and expects pupils to determine the number of wavelengths in each. No labels or explanations are provided, so this would be useful...
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Energy Matters

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Six summary slides start the presentation with examples of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. There are multiple empty slides which could be edited, but because this slideshow is incomplete, it is not particular useful.
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Alcohols Revisited (and Ethers) and Going Further... Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Identifying characteristics of alcohols and their physical properties are reviewed in bullet-point fashion on the first two slides. The same material follows, but for ethers. Finally, the structure and naming of carboxylic acids and...
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T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land": Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Tests knowledge about T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, including comprehension of the work as well as literary and historical information. Because the content of this particular quiz is so specific and not solely based on the reading, it...
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Journey Through a Midnight Dreary: Fun Trivia Quiz on "The Raven"

For Students 9th - 11th
This Fun Trivia Quiz tests readers' understanding of Poe's "The Raven", including allusions. Because these online quizzes can be made by anyone, you will want to scrutinize the questions and answers prior to assigning this to your class.
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Fun Trivia Quiz: Romeo and Juliet

For Students 9th - 12th
Because of the mechanical errors in this online interactive quiz, you probably won't want to assign it to your class. However, it could be useful to get ideas for your own reading comprehension quiz on Romeo and Juliet.
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Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
You could use this Fun Trivia Quiz to get ideas for making your own assessment on To Kill a Mockingbird, but because anyone can make these online quizzes, I do not recommend giving it as a class assignment without a thorough review of...
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Activity: Solving Real Challenges with Engineering

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Groups are each given a pack of engineering cards and a worksheet to complete together. The cards depict different roles an engineer might play and can be purchased from the eGFI website. Because the lesson plan revolves around these...
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Subject Following Verb

For Students 7th - 9th
Choosing what form of a verb to use can be confusing when the subject of the sentence follows the verb. Here's a worksheet that models for pupils how to think ahead to decide whether the verb should be singular or plural. Because the...
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Hila Research Centre - Electronics 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Basically walk your early electronics techs through the vocabulary relating to an electronic circuit. Give them an LED light, a resistor, a battery, and some clips, then have them construct a simple circuit. Specific electronic equipment...
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Ready to Remain Safe

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss making the wrong decisions because of peer pressure and the consequences of those actions. As a class, they identify the positive and negative consequences based on a variety of scenerios. To end the lesson, they...

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